A dissertation on slavery: with a proposal and 12 similar items

For your consideration is a Lovely, Antique- A dissertation on slavery: with a proposal for the gradual abolition of it, in the state of Virginia by St. George Tucker, 1861 American Civil War Booklet. (New York: [publisher not identified], Re-printed 1861. [Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey, 1796]). George Tucker (1775?1861) George Tucker was a lawyer, philosopher, economist, historian, novelist, politician, and teacher. Born in Bermuda and cousin to the famed jurist St. George Tucker, Tucker served in the House of Delegates (1815?1816) representing Pittsylvania County and won election to three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1819?1825) before, at the invitation of Thomas Jefferson, joining the faculty of the newly opened University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Tucker owned slaves but opposed slavery as a moral evil. During debate over the Missouri Compromise (1820), he argued that emancipation was impractical and that slavery would eventually die out. By the end of his life, his opposition to abolitionists had turned him into an apologist for the "peculiar institution." He was the author of a novel of the U.S. South that dramatized the evils of slavery, The Valley of Shenandoah (1824); two science fiction novels, including A Voyage to the Moon (1827); a biography of Jefferson (1837); a four-volume history of the United States (1856?1857); and numerous essays on aesthetics, metaphysics, causality, morality, economics, slavery, and the nature of progress. Tucker was married three times, including to relatives of William Byrd II and George Washington. He died in 1861 from injuries he sustained after being hit by a falling cotton bale. (St. George Tucker was highly critical of slavery as an institutional concept and proposed the complete abolishment of slavery stating that in order for America to have political and economic freedom, slavery must be gone. In 1796, he published a pamphlet pushing his views on slavery ? ?Dissertation on Slavery?. The book was reprinted in 1861 at the outset of the Civil War as a propaganda piece for North. Ultimately, when slavery was abolished, this book contributed to the reforming of ideals for freeing slaves). Condition: Fair to Good as is often seen on antique History books! Binding: Soft cover; booklet of loose pages Size: ~9.5 x 5.75 inches, 104 Pages. Please Note: This Book is NOT in EXCELLENT Condition, but still is in Fair to Good condition for it age from 1861 VERY RARE item!!! This scarce book should be used only as a collectible presentation or for professional purposes!!! Cosmetic condition is as clearly and accurately shown in the high-definition pictures provided. Please inspect all of them carefully! Nice item for Antique Book History lovers and it would be a great addition to a collection!!